Phoebus, starting its boys basketball season well after the football team's state playoff run, pulled away in the second half to beat visiting Menchville 58-47 Friday. DaShawn Stitt scored 17 points and Brian Darden 14 for the Phantoms, who outscored the Monarchs 38-26 after halftime. Andre Simon scored 15 and Chris Burton 14 for Menchville (2-4 overall and PD). ...

Harkim Brown scored two of his 16 points with a tip-in with about 8 seconds left to give Heritage the lead for good in a 43-42 victory over Warwick, the Hurricanes' first win of the year. Creighton Jones added 12 points for Heritage (1-4, 1-4 PD), which overcame a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit. . ... Teams going in opposite directions accelerated their divergent starts as 5-0 Kecoughtan rolled to a 93-58 home victory over 0-5 Gloucester behind 18 points from Mitchell Hunter, 16 from Rajay Bullock and 11 from Dimitri Batten. The Dukes were led by Shawn Smith's 16 points. ... Corey Cooper scored a game-high 20 points and host Woodside used a 26-point second quarter to pull away from Denbigh for a 71-59 victory.

BRD BOYS

Quan Goodman's scored a basket at the final buzzer and drew a foul, then hit the free throw to give Smithfield a 47-46 win at Grafton. ... Emmanuel Jones had 19 points to lead Tabb to a 50-37 victory over visiting Poquoson.

PD GIRLS

Debbie Smith scored a game-high 25 points and Peninsula District-leading Hampton remained unbeaten with a 68-47 victory at Bethel. ... Alex Boothe-Delk's 16 points and 11 apiece from Jameelah Abdullah and Mache' Toomer guided Heritage (3-2 Peninsula District) to a 66-58 victory over Warwick. LaQuanda Younger scored 26 for the Raiders, but the Hurricanes outscored them 34-23 in the second half. ... Ashley Dillard scored 17 points and Alecia Bell had 11 as host Woodside (4-1 Peninsula) breezed past Denbigh 66-16. The Wolverines went ahead 23-4 in the first quarter and 40-8 by halftime against the Patriots (0-7, 0-6). ... Erin Jenrette scored 16 points to lead Kecoughtan in a 64-39 rout of visiting Gloucester. Kierra Gray added 15 points for the Warriors (2-3, 2-3 PD). Katie Piver led the Dukes (1-6, 0-5) with 10 points.

INDEPENDENT BOYS

Oz Kilinchan scored 20 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as Hampton Roads Academy won 66-56 over St. Patrick's College, an Australian secondary school team which is on a tour of East Coast schools. HRA was St. Patrick's last stop on a 20-day summer break tour.

Kevin Huang added 16 points for the Navigators (3-2).

This was the second year in a row that HRA played an Australian basketball team.

INDEPENDENT GIRLS

Williamsburg Christian cruised to a 56-37 victory at Tidewater Academy. Libby Timmer scored 12 points to lead WCA while Lynn Dunn added 10 for the Eagles, who opened the game with a 32-6 advantage. Cary Beahm scored 20 points to lead Tidewater. ...

In the Lady Trojans Classic at Walsingham Academy, St. Gertrude (4-2) of Richmond breezed to a 52-24 Classic Division first-round win over Peninsula Catholic (0-5), outscoring the Knights 14-4 in the second quarter for a 29-14 halftime edge. Megan Jacoby and Clarke Brown led St. Gertude with nine points apiece, and Madeline Burley had eight for PC.

FIELD HOCKEY

After leading Tabb to its second consecutive unbeaten season and state Group AA/A championship, Wendy Wilson again was named the South Region Coach of the Year by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. She and coaches from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York and Michigan are candidates for the national Coach of the Year, which will be announced Jan. 8 at a reception in Richmond.